'Boyhood' dominates Houston Film Critics Society Awards

The Houston Film Critics Society named "Boyhood" the best picture of the year. Richard Linklater also won for best director and screenplay.

Photo: courtesy Matt Lankes

"Boyhood" won best picture at the Houston Film Critics Society Awards Saturday at Sundance Cinema.

The film about 12 years in the life of a Texas boy also won best director and screenplay for Houston native Richard Linklater and best supporting actress for Patricia Arquette. "Boyhood" also won the Texas Independent Film Award and was recognized for technical achievement.

Other winners were:

Best actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"

Best actress: Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"

Best supporting actor: J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"

Best animated film: "The LEGO Movie"

Best cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, "Birdman"

Best documentary: "Citizenfour"

Best foreign film: "Force Majeure"

Best original score: Alexandre Desplat, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Best original song: "Everything Is Awesome" from "The LEGO Movie"

Best poster design: Annie Atkins for "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Worst picture: "The Identical"

Humanitarian Award: Joe Hall, Ghetto Film School

Lifetime Achievement Award: Larry McMurtry

Outstanding achievement: Rick Ferguson and the Houston Film Commission

Betty Luman, a features department editor for more than 20 years, edits the work of Chronicle columnists and general assignment reporters for the Star and Zest sections. Before joining the Chronicle, she was an editor of European Stars & Stripes in Germany and a reporter for United Press International in Dallas, Topeka and Houston. Her first newspaper jobs were at the Kilgore News Herald and the Alexandria (La.) Daily Town Talk. She is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and earned her master's degree at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England.